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CURRICULUM VITAE <br />Estella B. Leopold <br />Professor Emeritus of Biology <br />University of Washington <br />Seattle, Washington 98195 <br />RESEARCH INTERESTS <br />September 2004 <br />Late Cenozoic paleobotany, pollen and seed analysis, paleoecology, paleoclimate <br />History of Pacific NW forest associations and western grasslands <br />Climate and vegetation patterns since glaciation, Pacific NW <br />Ecosystem management and restoration ecology <br />EDUCATION <br />1944-48 Ph.B. University of Wisconsin at Madison, Botany <br />1948-50 M.S. University of California at Berkeley, Botany <br />1953-55 Ph.D. Yaffe University, Botany <br />EMPLOYMENT <br />1951 Assistant Research Hydrologist, Laboratory of Tree Ring Research, <br />University of Arizona <br />1952 Research Assistant, Smith College, Genetics Experiment Station <br />1952 Mycologist, Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin <br />1952-53 Teaching Assistant, Department of Plant Science, Yale University <br />1954 Teaching Assistant, Department of Zoology, Yale University <br />1955-76 Paleontology and Stratigraphy Branch, U.S. Geological Survey, <br />Denver, Colorado, Research Botanist <br />1967-76 Adjoint Professor, Department of Biology, University of Colorado <br />1971-72 Visiting Professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison <br />Department of Botany and Institute for Environmental Studies <br />1976-82 Director, Quaternary Research Center, Professor of Botany and Forest <br />Resources, University of Washington, Seattle <br />1982-89 Professor, Department of Botany and College of Forest Resources, <br />University of Washington <br />1989-95 Professor, Botany and Environmental Studies, University of Washington <br />1995-99 Professor of Botany, University of Washington <br />2000 Professor Emeritus, Department of Biology, University of Washington <br />HONORS, AWARDS <br />Recipient, Jr. Sterling Scholarship, 1953-54, Yale University <br />Recipient, Sheffield Scientific School Scholarship, 1954-55, Yale University <br />Co-recipient, Conservationist-of--the-Year Award, with Bettie Willard, 1969, <br />Colorado Wildlife Federation <br />National Academy of Sciences, elected 1974 <br />Keep Colorado Beautiful; annual award, 1976 <br />Fellow, Geological Society of America, 1984 <br />Estella B. Leopold <br />